The Shark Announces the “India Poker Legend” Tournament – India’s Premier Poker Tournament
Following on from the success of its “India Poker Open” tournament during May 2011 (with one of the largest total prize-pools in Indian poker tournament history), The Shark is glad to announce the highly anticipated "INDIA POKER LEGEND" tournament, to be held from August 18th – 21st at Casino Royale, Goa.
The four day poker festival will have the following events:
Day 1: August 18th (Thu) - INR 5,000 (~US$ 115) No Limit Hold’em Re-buy
Day 2: August 19th (Fri) - INR 10,000 (~US$ 230) No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Day 3: August 20th (Sat) - Main Event: INR 100,000 (~US$ 2,300) No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Day 4: August 21st (Sun) - INR 12,000 (~US$275) Bounty + Re-buy
The tournament organizers are offering an early bird prize of 2 night’s complimentary accommodation at Taj Vivanta, Panaji for players paying up before August 10th for the Main Event. Additionally, offline satellites for the Main Event will be held at Casino Royale, Goa on every weekend leading up to the tourney.
The organizers see India as an emerging, but fast growing market and believe that within the next 12 months, India will become a regular stop on the Asian Poker Circuit with multiple international tourneys being held every year. The Shark team claims to be in discussions with multiple International poker brands and is making efforts to bring these brands to the Indian Poker market.
To register for the tourney or for further information on the above, please log onto www.theshark.in or by emailing info@theshark.in or by calling Pranav Bagai +91-9818206165, Ridhish Talwar: +91-9818206165, +91-11-46512064.
